Short‐ and long‐term therapy for reflux oesophagitis in the elderly: a multi‐centre, placebo‐controlled study with pantoprazole

Background: No placebo‐controlled clinical trials have yet been published on the efficacy of therapy in older subjects with oesophagitis.

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